Fireplace



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HREP'LACE.' l APPLiCATION FILED AUG. I0 1'920.

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HREPLACE. APPLICAUQN ElLED AU'GJO. |920.

Patented Mar. 28,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

yo umN TAYLOR, or HUNTINGTON, wEsT VIRGINIA, AssI'GNon or ONE-THIRD ToCHARLES c. TAYLOR. AND ONE-THIRD To DANIEL BOONE, 30TH or HUNTING- TON,WEST VIRGINIA.

FIREPLAOE.

Toall whom it may camera:

Be it known that I, OWEN TAYLOR, a Citizen of the United States,residing at Huntington, in the county of Cabell and State of WestVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFireplaces, and

I do hereby declare the following to be a4 ful1,-clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled intheart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fire places and it consists in the novelfeatures hereinafter described and claimed. An object of the inventionis to provide a fire placeof simple structure having means forpermitting air to circulate about the walls of the heatin chamberthereofwhereby the air may be eated to a maximum deree and rmitted to escapeinto the room 1n which t e fire place is located.

With this object in view, the fire place consist/s of a heating chambermade up of slabs com sed of fire clay there being a grate locate in thesaid chamber, 'The grate may be used for burning wood or coalior otherheating means may be provided for supplying heat to the heating chamber,such means as for instance an oil or gas, or gasoline burner. A casinsurrounds three sides of the heating cham r and is spaced from the same.Air ducts lea'd in from the front vof the casin andl communicate withthe rear portion t ereof and are adapted to lead air from the room intothe casing around the fire chamber and to permit the heated air to passfrom the casin into the room. The casing and fire cham r are mountedupon a base which is provided with a detachable ash box and a/grate ismounted upon the floor of the fire chamber and is positioned above thesaid ash box.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the fireplace,

Figure 2 is a sectional View of the same, on line ,2-2 ofvFigure 1,

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view through the complete fire place onthe plane of line 3--3 of Flgure 2.

Figure 4 is across-sectional view on line 4 4 of Figure 1. y

Figure 5 is a detailed perspective view of the chamber lining parts.

The re place lncludes a base member 1 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

'application med augmt 1o, 1920. smal No. 402,533.

mounted upon feet 2 and havin n an ash box .or drawer 3 slidably mountedt erein. The

base member 1 is provided at its to side with an opening 4 over which islocate a removable grate 5. A casin 6 is mounted upon the ase member 1an a smoke pipe 7 communicates with the top side of the said casing. Aplate 8 is located in the upper portion of the casing 6 and is disposedat an angle with relation to a horizontal line with its upper edgejoined with the top side of the casing and its lower edge engaging therear wall of the heating chamber hereinafter described. Air assages 9lead through the front side of t e casing 6 and pass through the plate8. Air passages 10 lead in -from the front side of the casing 6 at thelower portion thereof and 'have their rear ends disposed at the back ofthe casing 6.

The heating or fire chamber comprises side walls 11 composed of-re clay,a back rest 12 composed -of/the same material and located y at the rearedges of the side walls 11 and a back wall 13'also composed of fire clayand cut out at its edges to rest u on the inner edges of the side wa'lls11. hen the parts are assembled, the back wall 13 is in an inclinedosition within thev casing6 and spaced' from t e rear wall thereof andthe side walls 11 are spaced from the side walls ofthe casing and arelocated between the air passages 9 at the upper portion of the casingand the air passages 1() at the lower portion thereof.

`Theupper edgeof the back wall 13 is spaced from the top wall-of thecasing vso that smoke may ass from the heating or fire chamber over t eupper edge of the back wall 13 and out .through the" smoke pipe 7 in ausual mannen The passages 9 are separated from the path of escape ofproducts of .combustion by branch partitions 8. on plate or partition 8directly over Walls 11.

When coal or wood' is used in the grate 15 v for heating the fire orheating chamber, the ashes from the said fire may fall from the grate 15through the grate 5 and' into the ash pan or box 3. The said pan or boxmay be removed at intervals from the base member 1 and emptied of itscontents.

When the heating or fire chamber' is heated, the walls 11, 12 and13fthereof absorb the heat and the air which is circulating about theouter surfaces of the said walls and within the casin 6 lbecomes heatedand may pass out into t e room in which the fire K pliice is located andeifectually warm or heat the same. 1 l 'n From the foregoing descriptiontaken 1n conjunction with the accompan ing drawings, it will be seenthat a fire P ace of sim.-

ple and durable structure is provided and that the same maybeeconomically used to advantage for recoveri and utilizing a maximumamount of the eat which is generated by the fire burning in the saidiire lace.

p' Having described the invention, what is claimed 1s: Y

, 1. A fire place of the. class described having a casing provided witha fire chamber and with front inlet and outlet openings, side membersfor the fire chamber spaced from the side walls of the casing to rovideside air passages communicating with said openings, an inclined rearwall for the fire chamber overlapping said members Y and spaced from therear of the casing to provide a back air chamber communicatin with saidfpassages, a wall at the rear of t Ve ash pit overla pin said sidemembers and on which sai inc ined rear wall rests,iand an 1,411,1sn finclined partition extending over thetop of the back air chamber servingto osition the side members and rear walls an apertured to communicatewith the top side air pas sa es, and branch partitions extending fromsaid partitions to the front of the casing in line with and over saidside members,

2. A fire place'of the class described having a casing rovided with afire chamber/1 and front in et and outlet openings, side members for thefire chamber spaced from the side Wall of said casing to provide top andbottom side air passages communicating with said openings, rear wallmeans for the fire chamber spaced from the rear of the Acasing toprovlde a back air chamber com-

